Besides being a fine netminder who is still hoping to play in the NHL in his ninth pro season, the Harvard man was a great interview after a game. That Ivy League education must have allowed him to dissect every play down to the air currents and micro-second cognitive recognition factors that displayed hockey as a game of science not seen anywhere west of the University of Pennsylvania.

Interviewer: So Dov, on that second goal, it seemed like the puck took a funny bounce.

DGM: Well, you could say that, but actually, in fact, I knew it would do that based on the vectors eminating from the shooters blade, which, I could tell, was a Lie 8. A lie 8 blade will typically wobble the puck in such a way as to make it appear, from distances of, say, 100 to 110 feet away, to in fact take what you describe as a ‘funny bounce’ (air quotes here). But, knowing the lie characteristics of a stick blade shouldn’t be taken on face value and that was my mistake. This stick, I noticed, was chipped ever so slightly near the top tip of the blade and that changed the whole dynamic to such a point as to make the puck ‘flutter’ (again, air quotes}, and thus it went in off my left nipple.”

I exaggerate for effect, but Dov ran the tape if we were still in analog mode and that made my job a lot easier in finding the exact quote. Grumet-Morris was also one of the go-to guys during last season’s long and protracted losing streak at the end of the slate. DGM was always willing to come out and say all the nice things about an offense that couldn’t score and a defense that left him out to dry on many nights.

Grumet-Morris experienced polar opposite beginnings here.

In 2005-06, fresh out of college, the Evanston, Illinois native was backing up Steve Passmore to begin the season. After the former Dragons netminder started the first five games, going 3-2, the rookie got his first break. The 7-1 loss in Des Moines earned him a permanent position on Pat Conacher’s bench, as he watches Passmore leave, Brian Boucher — yes, that Brian Boucher, and Scott Stirling get the starting introductions.

The Rampage sent him to Laredo of the Central Hockey League, replacing him with Karl Goehring, who, at 5-5, had to be the smallest man over to play goal in pro hockey.

Dov found his mojo just north of the border, winning 18 of 25 games with a 2.o3 goals against average, helping to lead the Bucks to the CHL title.

Then, in 2011-12, he was in Finland, awaiting his debut in the Finnish Elite League, when Mike Santos called. The Rampage general manager knew him from his stint in Milwaukee when Santos was there building the perrenial playoff participant Admirals.

Grumet-Morris went Magellian, flying from Helsinki to Abbotsford, British Columbia to join the Rampage right after Thanksgiving. Playing now for another familiar face, Chuck Weber, also an Admirals alum, DGM got the start with what had to be the worst case of jet lag in the history of aviation.

In the course of the two-game set, Dov sent his 7.00 Rampage goals against average pummeling — to 2.66 with a 21-save shutout in the first game and a 30-save encore in a 3-1 win. Those victories could be deemed the kick start to the Rampage’s playoff run.

Ironically, he’s headed back to another organization he played for — the Wolf Pack-slash-Connecticut Whale, where he went 13-5-1 three years ago, with a 2.12 GAA. Along with his time in Greenville (ECHL) that year, he was 28-13-2.

Class act all the way around and here’s hoping the Rangers give DGM a chance to play the pipes in MSG.

From the official release:

Grumet-Morris, 31, spent the last three seasons with the Rampage, posting a 32-41-7 all-time record with the club, along with a 2.83 goals-against average and a 0.910 save percentage. This season, Grumet-Morris has made eight appearances for the Silver and Black (1-6-1) and owns a 2.86 goals-against average and a 0.904 save percentage.

The fifth-round selection (161st overall) by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft owns an all-time record of 53-58-13 in the AHL among six different teams, while posting a 46-19-5 mark in the ECHL on two squads. Grumet-Morris also played a pair of seasons in Austria (2008-09). Prior to turning pro, the Evanston, Ill., native played four years at Harvard University and suited up in 114 games (63-40-9).